Teacher ChrisArchive
December, 2011
· Sorry is Senseless (OTHERS)
· Wholesome Travel in Egypt (OTHERS)
· Chewing Gum During Exams (Level C)
· Banning Gun Law (Level C)
· Smell and Sexualy Transmitted Disease (Home)
· Reading Comprehension: Open Plan Design Office (Level B)
· Christmas Episode: Party or Bonus (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Trustworthy (Level C)
· Culture of Giving Gifts (Level C)
· Still Working at 60? (News)
· Comparing and Contrasting: Fairness (Level C)
· Adaptation of a Crime Story (Level C)
November, 2011
· Voters go to polls to choose Osaka governor, mayor (Level C)
· Saved by Dog (Level C)
· Alcoholic Women on the Rise (Level C)
· The Art of Babysitting (News)
· Brain (Level C)
· TOEIC: Error Recognition 2 (TOEIC)
· Pickpocketing for 25 Times (News)
· Home-based Business (OTHERS)
· Teen Violence and Soda (News)
· Christmas in Japan Part 1 (Level C)
· Real Life Millionaire (Level C)
· Reading Comprehension: Cheap Christopher (Level C)
October, 2011
· Grammar: Compound Nouns (Level B)
· Extreme Obsession (News)
· Halloween Costumes (Kids A)
· News: English at Work (News)
· Halloween Episode: Kuchisake-Onna (Level C)
· Idioms: Change in Location (Level B)
· Pushed Off by Drunk Police (News)
· Embarassment and Shame (Level C)
· Killing Stray Cats and Dogs (News)
· Deadly Being Early Birds (News)
· The Tragedy of the Chinese Toddler (News)
· Bilateral Cultural Relations (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Playing up (Level B)
· Banning Cars to Ease Pollution (Level C)
· Free Round Trip Tickets to Japan (Level C)
· TOEIC: Speaking Skill (TOEIC)
· Grammar: Hypothetical Situations (Level B)
· Look What I Did This Morning (Kids A)
· Judgmental and Judicious (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Prejudices (Level C)
· Idioms: Fed Up with Loud Music (Level B)
· Mini-Noah's Ark for Next Tsunami (News)
· Girl Dies in Exorcism (News)
September, 2011
· Reinforcing Topic: Smile (Level B)
· How to Be a Good Friend (Level C)
· Banned to go Online (Level C)
· Reinforcing Topic: Journey (Level B)
· Vocabulary: Single vs. Married (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Be in the Mood (Level B)
· Article THE for Specific Names (Level B)
· Business Situations: Spying on Workers (TOEIC)
· News: Chatbots teach English conversation (News)
· Free Discussion: Stepmom (Level C)
· Grammar: Idioms of Emotions (Level B)
· TOEIC: Reading a Notice and Instructions (TOEIC)
· Vocabulary and Discussion: Newspaper (Level C)
· Grammar: During and While (Level A)
· Page Format (OTHERS)
· Pros and Cons of International Schooling (News)
· Vocabulary Building: Spaniards Paint the Town Red (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Cool (News)
· Grammar: Because and It's Similar Expressions (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Employment Related Words (OTHERS)
· Grammar: Several Usages of Wish (Level B)
· Pranks: Dangerous or Fun? (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Compliment vs. Complement (Level B)
· Difference between Antisocial, Asocial and Unsociable (OTHERS)
· Contrary Adjectives (Level A)
August, 2011
· PM Contenders Face Off (News)
· Vocabulary Building: Cyberstalking (Level C)
· Discussion: Juvenile Deliquency (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Cyber-bullying (Level C)
· Suggestive Pictures and TV Programs (News)
· China bans songs in Culture Crackdown (News)
· Reading: The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Kids B)
· Ambassador Doraemon (Level C)
· The Trap of Overthinking (Level C)
· Long Work Triples Alcohol Abuse (Level C)
· Grammar: Phrases versus Clauses (Level B)
· Grammar: The Quantifier Enough (Level A)
· Red Meat is Risky (Level C)
· Vocabulary: Pay For (Level A)
· Vocabulary Building: Big Something Up (Level C)
· Medical Breakthroughs: Artificial Heart (Level C)
· Profanity is Healthy? WTF!? (Level C)
· Position of Time Expressions (Level B)
· Answers for TOEIC (Level C)
· Reading Comprehension: A Busy Day (Level A)
· Business: Social Media & Employment (OTHERS)
· Discussion Topic: Give Away Fortune For Love (Level C)
· TOEIC: Reading Comprehension (Double Passage) (TOEIC)
· Grammar: Appositive (Easy Level) (Level A)
· A New Breed of Robot (News)
· The Article "THE" for Geographical Nouns (Level B)
· Experiential Travel (OTHERS)
· The Article "THE" for Months and Days (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Al Desko (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Edgy (Level C)
· Business: Empowering Employees (OTHERS)
July, 2011
· Free Discussion: Shying Away from Multiculturalism (Level C)
· Business: Non-regular Jobs Among 70's Men (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary Building: Types of Movies (Level C)
· Permissive Parents (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Different Emotions (Level B)
· Grammar: Collective Nouns for People (Level B)
· Contaminated Beef (Level C)
· Facebook Saves Life (Level C)
· NEWS: Losing Custody Over Obese Child (News)
· Vocabulary Review: Overcoming Shyness (Level C)
· NEWS: Plight of Japanese Orphans (News)
· News: New Type of Yoga, Get Naked (News)
· Vocabulary Building: Be Authoritative (Level C)
· Science: Wanna Live Forever? (News)
· Vocabulary Review: Bloodtyping (Level C)
June, 2011
· NEWS: Heat Stroke Cases Increase (News)
· Song: Rain Rain Go Away (Kids A)
· Travel News: Long Summer Vacations (Level C)
· Grammar: Suffixes -ly, -ful, -less (Level A)
· News: Where do the proceeds go? (News)
· Vocabulary Building: Homeless (Level C)
· Japanese Insularity Tendency (Level C)
· Politics: Women in Power (Level C)
· Travel: The Most Dangerous Travel Jobs (OTHERS)
· NEWS: Expect the Unexpected (News)
· Redefined Well-educated (News)
· Discussion: The Danger of Becoming an Heiress (Level C)
· Debate: Skimpy Clothes (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Deal With (Level B)
· Travel: Naturism (Level C)
· Grammar: Contractions of Words (Level A)
· Opinion: Inside the Politician's Mind (Level C)
· News: Americans are the Funniest (Level C)
· Grammar: Approve and Approve of (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Tourism and Development (Level C)
· Business Situation: Workplace Politics (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Satisfactory versus Satisfying (Level B)
· Setsuden in Summer 2011 (Level C)
· Grammar: Using Indirect Questions (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Addiction to Gadgets (Level C)
· Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Kids A)
· Dog Eaters versus Dog Lovers (Level C)
· Grammar 1: Collective Nouns of Animals (Level B)
May, 2011
· News: Billionaires Around the World (News)
· Travel Topic: Hospitality Exchange (OTHERS)
· Travel Topic: Retiring Abroad (OTHERS)
· Reinforcing Topic: Complaining About Travel Problems (Level B)
· Domestic Travel (OTHERS)
· Fishy Fishy Fishy (Kids A)
· Vocabulary Building: Staycation (OTHERS)
· Grammar: I Never Knew and I've Never Known (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Don't be a Gatecrasher! (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Relation, Relative and Related (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Resign (Level C)
· Prostitution to Finish Study (Level C)
· Grammar: So and Such + That (Level B)
· Travel Tip: Learn the Art of Haggling (OTHERS)
· News: Unexpected Winning Moment (News)
· NEWS: Why English is Tough in Japan? (News)
· ENGLISH EXPRESSION: To have the time of my life (Level B)
· VOCABULARY BUILDING: Types of TV Programs (Level C)
· Kinds of Movies (Level C)
· Grammar: Plural Names of Peoples (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary for KIDS: Especially (Kids B)
· DISCUSSION: Tendency of being Unethical (Level C)
· Thai Hotel Kills (News)
· Assertiveness Versus Aggressiveness (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Describing Food (Level B)
· Extroverts Are Happier People (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: How to Deal with Narcissistic? (Level C)
· US Kills Osama Bin Laden (News)
· Sony Apologizes For Stolen Data (News)
· Less Sleep Age the Brain (News)
· The Prefix RE- (Level B)
April, 2011
· Men Lie More than Women Do (Level C)
· The Tween Years (Level C)
· The Usage and Difference between ONE and ONES (Level A)
· Current Events: Taiga Ishikawa (Level C)
· Reinforcing Topic: Japanglish Part Two (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary Building: 'Hikikomori' Disorder (Level C)
· Unemployment Benefits (Level C)
· Grammar: How long... and How many times.. (Level A)
· The Art of Multitasking (Level C)
· Superbug! Be Careful! (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Get Rid Of (Level B)
· Grammar In Use: Double Negative (Level A)
· The Weather Song (Kids A)
· The Vowel Song (Kids A)
· GRAMMAR: Extreme Adjectives (Level B)
· Coffee Addiction is Gene Related (OTHERS)
· To Good To Be True (Level C)
· New Page To Be Used (Kids B)
· Barney Song: I Love You (Kids A)
· Vocabulary Building: Upbringing and Bring Up (Level C)
· Free Discussion: Ligthening One's Mood (Level C)
March, 2011
· Solutions for Memory Loss (OTHERS)
· Star Light Star Bright (Kids A)
· Travel: Motorhome Camping (OTHERS)
· Kids: Story of the Corn (Kids A)
· NEWS: North Korea Dubious Donation (News)
· Free Discussion: Self-Restraint (Level C)
· The Art of Forgiving (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Although vs Though (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Regrets (Level C)
· Word Stress in Compound Words (OTHERS)
· Reinforcing Topic: Sentence Stress (OTHERS)
· Yakuza During Times of Disaster (News)
· Vocabulary Building: Procrastination (Level C)
· News: Lady Gaga's Philanthropist Act (News)
· Grammar in Use: Proud of Someone To Do (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Are you OC? (Level C)
· Free Discussion: Single Sex Lunches (Level C)
· Free Discussion: You have Issues with that? (Level C)
· Parts of the House (Kids A)
· Grammar in use: It's Likely To Be (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: It's My Treat (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: To have Second Thoughts (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Loneliness is Lethal (Level C)
· Men Lagging Behind (Level C)
February, 2011
· Japan News: Are Schools Ready for English? (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: I Keep an Eye on You (Level B)
· I Want TO go TO (Level A)
· Free Discussion: Japanese Girls Low Self Esteem (Level C)
· Grammar: Comparative Adjectives Combined (Level B)
· Love or Hate It (Kids A)
· Regular and Irregular Verbs (OTHERS)
· Business English: Email Etiquette (OTHERS)
· Free Discussion: Commend or Suspend? (Level C)
· Free Discussion: More Men Turning to Homemaking (Level C)
· English Expressions: I Can't Help It (Level B)
· Grammar: The Prefix OUT (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Glasgow Accent (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Carelessly Carefree (Level B)
· Free Discussion: LED Teeth; Accesorize or Excessorize (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Opposed To and Give In (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Are you Normal or Nuts? (Level C)
January, 2011
· Free Discussion: Keeping Seniors Healthy (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: I Can't Get Over It (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Value for Money (Level C)
· Comparative and Superlative of FUN (Level B)
· Reinforcing Topic: Don't Ever Piss Me Off! (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Banning Western Culture (Level C)
· Grammar: Appositive Versus Possessives (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Euphemisms for Beginners (Level B)
· Grammar: Continuous or Continual? (Level B)
· Are you lazy or lackadaisical? (Level C)
· Let's Talk About Birthdays (Kids A)
· Grammar Topic: Appositives (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Annoying Habits (Level C)
· Reading Comprehension:Save Up (Kids B)
· Common Expressions of English Native Speakers (Level B)
· Free Discussion; Bounce Back (Level C)
· My Most Favorite is ... (Kids A)
· Free Discussion: Alarming Judo Deaths (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Successful and Succeed (Level B)
December, 2010
· Reinforcing Topic: Visual Aids in Presentation (OTHERS)
· Reinforcing Topic: Humor in Presentation (OTHERS)
· Resolutions Once More in 2011 (Level C)
· REINFORCING TOPIC: Making a Presentation (OTHERS)
· Free Discussion: Complimented Lips (Level C)
· Direct Speech and Indirect Speech (Level A)
· Parallel Structure: Adjectives and Adverbs (Series 2) (Level B)
· Grammar Usage: AS such and SUCH as (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Ballistic (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Impulse Buying (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Call It Quits (Level C)
· Parallel Structure: Nouns and Adjectives (Series 1) (Level B)
· GRAMMAR: Quoted Speech to Reported Speech (Level B)
· Rock Music and the Human Brain (Level C)
· BUSINESS ENGLISH: Shopping Spree (OTHERS)
November, 2010
· Vocabulary Building: I Don't Really Mind (Level C)
· REINFORCING TOPIC Theme: Luck (OTHERS)
· GRAMMAR: With or Without TO (Level B)
· VOCABULARY BUILDING: On the Cutting Edge (Level B)
· ODD News: Wanted: Exorcist (Level C)
· CHILDREN SONG: Autumn-time is Coming (Level B)
· GRAMMAR: The Parenthethical Expressions (Level B)
· The Concept of Minimalism (Level C)
· Redundancy in English (Series 3) (Level B)
October, 2010
· Simple Story: Snowy Field (Kids A)
· Science: Weather Conditions (Level B)
· History of Labor Day (OTHERS)
July, 2010
· News: Hangman-like game (News)
· Grammar in Use: Look Forward TO: Gerund or Infinitive (Level B)
· NEWS: Academically Poor More Likely to Become Bullies (OTHERS)
· Use Your Imagination: IF All The Raindrops... (Kids B)
· Grammar in Use: Not only...but Also... (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Agree With and Agree On (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Sweet Talking (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Possessive + Ing Form (Level C)
· Free Discussion: Ouch, Your Remark Hurts! (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: The Correct Usage of - Ing Verb (Level B)
· NEWS: THE Cove? Worth Watching or Not? (News)
· Vocabulary Correction: Redundant Acronym (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: False Alarm (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Similar To and Different From (Level A)
· Free Discussion: Compulsory English (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Back Out and Back Up (Level B)
June, 2010
· Vocabulary Building: Token (OTHERS)
· Grammar in Use:The Future Seen from The Past (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Not to Mention (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Difference between Unless and If (Level B)
· Rising and Falling Intonation of Tag Questions (OTHERS)
· Grammar in Use: Compound Relative Pronouns (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Study English and Go Out (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Need to versus Need - ing (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: I Can / I Can't (Kids A)
· Grammar in Use: Parenthetical Expressions (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Something is Killing Me (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: "Unless" and "Not Unless" (Level B)
· Free Speech: Ummm--Insects on the Menu (Level C)
· Free Speech: Aiming to Become Overweight (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: On Sale and For Sale (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Pre-employment Screening (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Alcoholism (Level C)
· The Usage of By (Level A)
· No GOOD + ing (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Sex Education For Young Minds (Level C)
· Free Discussion: US Recognizes Japanese Concerns (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Not Good versus No Good (Level C)
· Grammar in use: Not Good and No-Good (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Video Games as Academic Tool (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Safely or Safety (Level B)
May, 2010
· Free Discussion: Banning of Facial Hair (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Tag Questions (Level B)
· Reinforcing Topic: Telephone Conversation (Level A)
· Vocabulary Building: Crossdresser (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Redundancy in English (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Redundancy (Part 2) (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Redundancy (Part 1) (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Almost and Most (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Relaxation of Visa Rules (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Had Better (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Voluntour (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Think Of and Think About (Level B)
· News: Forced Purchase (News)
· Grammar in Use: Questions with LIKE (Level A)
· Grammar In Use: Questions in English (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Future Perfect Continuous Tense (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Which versus What (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Japanese Big Dream (Level C)
· Free Discussion: Diversified Matchmaking Services (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Older and Elder (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Working Overtime is Deadly (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Subjunctive + Suggest (Level B)
· How To Answer Waiter/Waitresses Questions (OTHERS)
· Grammar in Use: Correct Use of By + Transportation (Level B)
· Pair that Snare: Desert and Dessert (Level B)
· Future Perfect Tense + Before/ By the Time (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Circumnavigate (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Impersonal IT and THERE (Level A)
· I Am when I'm Born (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Phrasal Verbs with MAKE (Level B)
April, 2010
· Free Discussion: Killer Habits (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: The Correct Use of Too (Level A)
· Free Discussion: Importance of Family Dinners (Level C)
· Grammar In Use: It's about ABOUT (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Bite off More than You Can Chew (Level C)
· Combatting Minor Crimes (News)
· Grammar in Use: Binary Nouns (Level B)
· Free Disccusion: Prada Kicks Ugly Employee (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Has Gone To vs. Has Been To (Level A)
· Grammar in Use: Different Uses of Lunch (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Confidence (OTHERS)
· Grammar in Use: HOW (Level B)
· Free Discussion: Spanking and Kids' Aggression (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Further and Farther (Level B)
· I'm a Little Butterfly (Kids A)
· Playing Favorites (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Possessive Pronouns (Level A)
· Vocabulary Building: Different Kinds of Travel (OTHERS)
· Daily Routine (Level A)
· The Difference Between Fear and Respect (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Respectable and Respectful (OTHERS)
· Giving Dates using Ordinal Numbers (Level A)
· Vocabulary Building: Save Face (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Only and It's Different Location (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Ask versus Tell (Level B)
· Yahoo News: Being Older is Being Wiser (News)
· Travel Vocabulary: Flight Collocations (OTHERS)
· Grammar in Use: BE USED TO + Verb -ing (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Pairs that Snare (OTHERS)
March, 2010
· Vocabulary Building: Let the Sunshine In (Kids B)
· Wash Your Hands (Kids A)
· Body Parts: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (Kids A)
· Free Discussion: What is Your Potential Spouse Like? (Level C)
· Free Discussion: Junk Food Addiction (Level C)
· Grammar In Use: Supposed and Suppose To Do (Level B)
· Finger play: Where is Thumbkin? (Kids A)
· Reinforcing Topic: Job Interview (OTHERS)
· Does Blood Type Matter? (Level B)
· Reinforcing Topic: Commonly Asked Questions (Part 2) (OTHERS)
· Reinforcing Topic: Commonly Asked Questions (OTHERS)
· Odd News - Book Returned After 45 Years (News)
· Odd News: Child directs air traffic at JFK (News)
· Grammar in Use: Historical or Historic? (Level B)
· Baby-bot Yotaro Teaches Parenting (Level C)
· Odd News: Marriage School (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Adverb of Opposition (Series 1) (Level B)
· Wishful Thinking (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Usages of AT (Level A)
· Grammar in Use: Still (Level B)
· Good Manners for College Students (News)
· Grammar in Use: As for Something or Someone (Level B)
· Expression: No Matter How... (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: GO...for, on and to (Level B)
February, 2010
· Free Discussion: The Joke Letter (Level C)
· Tip of the Tongue Explained (Level C)
· Grammar In Use: At the End and In the End (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Distributive Each and Every (Level B)
· Reinforcing Topic: Screw it (Level B)
· The Pursuit of Happiness (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Chance As a Verb (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Mistake..for (Level B)
· Confusing Verbs: Feel, Fill and Fall (Level B)
· Intentional and Non-intentional Verbs of Senses (Level B)
· Surname Debate: Patronymic or Matronymic? (OTHERS)
· Travel Topic: Worth Visiting (OTHERS)
· Romantic Words (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Let's Correct Wrong Pronouns (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Preposition By (Level A)
· Kids' Valentine Trivia (Kids A)
· Grammar in Use: Noun Adjuncts (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Once (Level B)
· Pre-Valentine Topic: Heart Idioms (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Toyota Recall (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Afraid to Do/ Afraid Doing (Level A)
· Pre-Valentine Topic: Second Conditional (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: Otherwise (Level B)
· Grammar in Use: Apologizing Expression (Level A)
· (Pre-Beginner)Grammar in Use: Negative Emotions (Level A)
· Grammar in Use: Negative Emotions (Level B)
January, 2010
· Grammar in Use: Adjectives + AT (pre-beginner) (Level A)
· Grammar in Use: Adjectives + AT (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: Eustress, Distress and De-stress (Level B)
· Grammar In Use: Home vs. At Home (Level A)
· One Way to De-Stress: Laughing Yoga (Level C)
· Telling Fortune by Deck of Playing Cards (OTHERS)
· Buddhist Monks Hip Hop and Alcohol (Level C)
· Was Going To (Level A)
· Grammar in Use: Better (Level A)
· Grammar in Use: Better as Verb (Level B)
· Vocabulary in Use : Common Injuries (Level C)
· Health News: Don't Ignore Concussions (Level C)
· Ikemen to Boost Economy (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Playground (Kids A)
· WannaBe (Level C)
· Grammar in Use: The + ADJECTIVE (Level A)
· Relative Clauses: Who, Which and That (Level A)
· Look Down On and Look Up To (Level B)
· Noise Irks Japan's Commuters the Most (Level C)
· The Several Uses of Before (Level A)
· After the Quake: Can Haiti Cope? (News)
· Separate Surname Bill (Level C)
· Past Tense: Was Going To (Level A)
· Update Your Vocabulary: Slip of the Thumb (Level C)
· POVERTY Invades Japan (Level C)
· Earth-Like Planet Soon To Be Found (Level C)
· Future Tense: Be Going To (Level A)
· Future: “Be Going To” (Level B)
· Banned English Words in the US (Level C)
· Hatoyama Twitter: "Hato Cafe" (Level C)
· Causative Verbs: Let and Make (Level A)
· Suggestable New Year's Resolutions (Level C)
December, 2009
· Different Uses of BETWEEN (Level B)
· BECAUSE and BECAUSE OF (Level A)
· PREPOSITION: Difference between BY and WITH (Level B)
· Reinforcing Topic:Janglish Terms for Car Parts (Level A)
· Reinforcing Topic: Parts of a Car (OTHERS)
· 1st Rise in Foreign Travelers in 16 Months (OTHERS)
· REINFORCING TOPIC: Janglish (Level A)
· REINFORCING TOPIC: Janglish Terms for Garments (OTHERS)
· Will the U.S. Marines charge ashore at Kansai airport? (News)
· TYPES OF MEETING (Level C)
· The Donkey and the Grasshoppers (Level A)
· Reading Comprehension: The Donkey and the Grasshopper (Level B)
· Editorial News: An Education in Violence (Level C)
· Modern English: Pay For and Cost (OTHERS)
· ODD News: Gender Confused Tries to Save Face (News)
· VOCABULARY BUILDING: City or Country (Level B)
· GRAMMAR: Reflexive Pronouns (Level B)
· FREE DISCUSSION: Infidelity of a Public Figure (Level C)
· FREE DISCUSSION: Beauty Pageants (OTHERS)
· REPLY:So...I / Neither...I (Level A)
November, 2009
· Visual English: Home Appliances (Kids A)
· Visual English: Hotel Industry (OTHERS)
· ONLINE SHOPPING (Level C)
· VOCABULARY BUILDING: Supermarket (Level B)
· FREE DISCUSSION: Major Depression (Level C)
· VOCABULARY BUILDING: Household Chores (Level A)
· REINFORCING TOPIC: Movie Dialogue (SIMBA excerpts) (OTHERS)
· ODD NEWS: Sanitation in India (News)
· PAST TENSE: I Had a Dream (Level B)
· BUSINESS IN AFRICA (OTHERS)
· TRAVEL DIALOGUE: Could you recommend...? (OTHERS)
· UPDATE YOUR ENGLISH: Wired (Level C)
· Female Golfer as Tourism Booster (News)
· Cheap mobile calls help more young couples elope (Level C)
· PHRASAL VERB: Get (Level B)
· FREE DISCUSSION: Educational Benefit of Toys (Level B)
· FREE DISCUSSION: Superstition (OTHERS)
· SOMEBODY, SOMETHING and SOMEWHERE (Level B)
· Never Give Up (Level C)
· SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: Prepositional Phrase (Level B)
· Weight Loss is a Chore (Level C)
· SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: Plural Looking Nouns (Level B)
October, 2009
· SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: Amounts and Measurements (Level B)
· SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: Compound Subject (Level B)
· SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: Indefinite Pronouns (Level B)
· Too and Either = Also (Level B)
· Vocabulary Building: A Soldier's Lie (Level B)
· IN THE NEWS: Tokyo Teacher Going To The Dogs (Level C)
· Let's Travel in London (OTHERS)
· Difference Between HEAR and LISTEN (Level A)
· DON' T ask DON'T tell (Level C)
· Blasphemous Leaders (Level C)
· Attire Does Matter (Level C)
· Difference between ASK and TELL (Level B)
· EDITORIAL NEWS: Campaign Against GROPING (News)
· UPDATE YOUR ENGLISH: Buff (Level C)
· Otherwise AS a Conjunction (Level B)
· Prevention for Misbehaving Teachers (Level C)
· Eating Candy in Childhood Linked to Adult Crime (News)
· Charging Online Content For Sagging Revenue (Level C)
· Pedal Power: The Future of Bicycles (Level C)
· Super Chabudai Gaeshi (OTHERS)
September, 2009
· COOKING TERM: Barbeque (OTHERS)
· Toxic Colleagues:How to spot and deal with them (OTHERS)
· COOKING TERM: Salad (OTHERS)
· Hatoyama Tells UN He Will Boost Japan’s Recovery (News)
· Voting Right to Non-Japanese (News)
· RELATIVE CLAUSE 1: A Person WHO...and a thing THAT/WHICH... (Level B)
· TRAVEL TOPIC: Vandalism at Paris Catacombs (OTHERS)
· TRAVEL TOPIC: UrbeX (OTHERS)
· Noriko Sakai: Fame No More (News)
· Few answers for language market (News)
· USED TO in the Past (Level B)
· Regained Interest in Fruits and Vegetables (News)
· "Wild Things" to fight childhood obesity (News)
· Tea Can Weaken Our Bones (Level C)
· CHINGLISH (Level C)
· Japan death row 'breeds insanity' (Level C)
· TO TELL OR NOT TO TELL (Level C)
· VOCABULARY BUILDING: Similarities and Differences (Level B)
· Japan's new first lady says rode in a spaceship (News)
· Couples Staying Faithful Online (Level C)
· Rethinking Lifetime Employment (News)
· JJECXMMED (OTHERS)
August, 2009
· Combating Loneliness (Level C)
· NEWS:Police combat crime by "lonely" elderly (News)
· Susan Boyle: What it takes to be famous? (News)
· Strange Foods (Level C)
· YAWNING IS COOL (Level C)
· Reading Ordinal Numbers (Level B)
· Do you know Any Good…? (Level B)
· NEWS: I'd like my child to become a teacher. (Level C)
· TOEIC: Incomplete Sentences (TOEIC)
· For and Since Quiz (OTHERS)
· GRAMMAR: Comparative Adjectives (Level B)
· MODERN ENGLISH: Should for Advice (OTHERS)
· IDIOMS and EXPRESSIONS: Time (Level B)
· Vocabulary Update:Political Dynasty (Level C)
· Idioms and Expressions: Human Relations (Level B)
· UPDATE YOUR ENGLISH: New Breeds of Words (Level C)
· UPDATE YOUR ENGLISH: Big Up (Level C)
· Short Sleepers (Level C)
· Grammar: Where did you put my things? (Level B)
· RELAXING TOPIC: Terms in Classic Funny Definitions (OTHERS)
· NEWS: Aso Suffers Another Kanji Gaffe (News)
· READING TOPIC: FAMILY VALUES (Level C)
· READING TOPIC: Organ Donation (Level C)
· NEWS:US Urges N. Korea to Return to Nuke Talks (News)
· READING TOPIC: The Cracked Pot (Level B)
· QUESTION: What is that picture? (Level B)
· QUESTION: What is that...? (Level A)
· ROBOTIC WORLD (OTHERS)
· NEWS TOPIC: Robot Chefs Run Restaurant in Japan (News)
· TRAVEL TOPIC: Couch Surfing (OTHERS)
· I would rather vs I WOULD PREFER (Level B)
· I WOULD RATHER... (Level B)
· ODD NEWS: "Smoking-ban murder" (News)
July, 2009
· REINFORCING TOPIC: Shopping (OTHERS)
· Ways to Overcome the Mistakes of Your Past (Level C)
· PRE-BEGINNER: Adjective + Preposition (5): AT (Level A)
· Adjective + Preposition (5): AT (Level A)
· NEWS: Young Japanese Women Vie for a Once-Scorned Job (News)
· Business News: Gray Menace (OTHERS)
· READING DIALOGUE: Buying food - How much is that? (Level A)
· REINFORCING TOPIC:Shopping Term (OTHERS)
· READING DIALOGUES: Dealing with Phobias (OTHERS)
· VOCABULARY BUILDING: Chance and Its Various Uses (OTHERS)
· Positions and Uses of Enough (Level B)
· Stalking Case: Police Search for Missing Woman (News)
· Business English (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary Building: Citizen journalism (Level C)
· Fad or crisis? Japan's "marriage hunting" craze (Level C)
· Vocabulary Building: Pair that Snare (Part 2) (Level C)
· Preposition (4): By (Level B)
· Verb + Preposition (3): 'Made of' / 'Made from'? (Level B)
· PART 2: What could they be made from? (Level A)
· PART 1: What is it made of? (Level A)
· (Series 1) READING: A Long Weekend (OTHERS)
· STILL: Usage and Importance (Level A)
· Verb + Preposition (2): Think of and Think About (Level B)
· 'Smile Scan' test (Level C)
· Verb + Preposition (1) - About and Of (Level B)
· NON - continuous Verbs (Level B)
· Talking about work conditions (OTHERS)
· Asking for Directions (Level A)
· The Different Faces of ONLY (Level B)
· Young Japanese Raise Their Voices Over Economy (Level C)
June, 2009
· AFFECT versus EFFECT (Level B)
· The Quantifier ENOUGH (Level B)
· To Joke or Not to Joke about MJ's Death (News)
· NO Matter HOW (Level B)
· Reinforcing Topic (OTHERS)
· Dead Sea peril: sinkholes swallow up the unwary (OTHERS)
· NKorean cargo ship could test new UN sanctions (News)
· May-December Affair (Level C)
· Child-Friendly Work Practices (News)
· Japan as global trouble shooter? (News)
· Modern English: Let's Practice (OTHERS)
· Usage of AT (Level B)
· Pre-Beginner: The...Better... (Level A)
· Comparison: The...Better... (Level A)
· Tourism to Boost Economy (Level C)
· Beginner: SO...THAT/ SUCH...THAT (Level B)
· Update Your English: SICK (Level C)
· Pre-Beginner: During and While (Level A)
· During and While (Level B)
· OJUKEN - "Entrance Exam" (Level C)
· Japan's 'herbivore men' (Level C)
· TIME Expressions (Level B)
· Dealing With the Race Factor (Level C)
· NO and NONE (Level B)
· Modern English: Book3 - Lesson 2-2 (OTHERS)
· Apology for Bataan Death March (News)
· REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS (Level B)
· Modern English: How Long? and How Far? (OTHERS)
· NETWORKING BASICS (OTHERS)
May, 2009
· Ad Urging Obama Killing (Level C)
· Coto Academy (OTHERS)
· Paint the World White (Level C)
· MODERN ENGLISH B (OTHERS)
· Enhanced Interrogation a.k.a. TORTURE (Level C)
· Defining the Passive Voice (Level A)
· TOEIC: Reading Pie and Charts (TOEIC)
· The Article THE: General and Specific (Level B)
· FLIGHT 77 (Level C)
· Activity Page: Telephone Conversation (OTHERS)
· It's Hardly Hard (Level B)
· Telephone: Appointments (OTHERS)
· (a) LITTLE and (a) FEW (Level B)
· Belgian city goes veggie (News)
· Tall people earn more (News)
· Some common pet peeves (Level C)
· Why Bow to China? (News)
· There are/ There is (Kids A)
· He need not (Level B)
· PET PEEVE (Level C)
· 'Worth' + Verb-ing (Level B)
· MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION 2 (Kids A)
· Means of Transportation (Kids B)
· MODERN ENGLISH 2 (OTHERS)
· Practice Page: One and Ones (Level B)
· Drinking in Japan (Level C)
· The Uses of ONE/ONES (Level A)
· Scholastic tests waste money (News)
· BE SUPPOSED TO... (Level B)
· GAFFE PRONE PM ASO (Level C)
· Practice Page: NHK Review (Level A)
· MUST NOT versus CAN'T (Level B)
· Lebanese NO Kiss POLicy (Level C)
· Mexico criticizes discrimination (News)
· It's Not Like Him to... (Level B)
· China Doubles Gold Reserves (News)
April, 2009
· Optimism of Auto Makers (Level C)
· TOEIC: Reading Magazine Article (TOEIC)
· GO TO/ GO ON/ and GO FOR (Level B)
· Medical tourism (OTHERS)
· WHEN versus IF (Level A)
· RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS (Level C)
· The Key to Longevity? (Level C)
· TOEIC: Reading Comprehension 2 (TOEIC)
· SAVE Face (Level C)
· THE + ADJECTIVE (Level B)
· In Hard Times, Japan Delves to Its Roots (Level C)
· See somebody do and See somebody doing (Level B)
· Webucation: Next Growth Opportunity (Level C)
· USING THE RIGHT NAME (OTHERS)
· Agritourism (OTHERS)
· CONFUCIUS The Movie (News)
· ADJECTIVE AND PREPOSITION: OF and TO (Level A)
· North Korea Missile Launch (News)
· POLYGAMY (Level C)
· MODERN ENGLISH: Changing Money (OTHERS)
March, 2009
· NHK Radio Practice Page (OTHERS)
· Teenagers not getting good sleep (Level C)
· Are Athletes Heroes? (OTHERS)
· Which is which, What is what? (Level B)
· ON TIME versus IN TIME (Level B)
· Livable Cities in East Asia (OTHERS)
· Joke Letter (Level C)
· Raising bilingual children (Level C)
· Japanese Men as Refuge (Level C)
· Finders Keepers (Level C)
· A Birthday Bike ... (Kids B)
· HOW...LONG?MANY TIMES?MANY HOURS (Level A)
· MODERN ENGLISH: Think and I'm Afraid (OTHERS)
· PRACTICE PAGE: Appositive (OTHERS)
· LOVE SCAM (News)
· The Time Machine (Kids B)
· Grammar: APPOSITIVES (Level B)
· Extreme Sex Ed (Level C)
· Filipinos in immigration row with Japan (News)
· FOR, TO and SO THAT (Level B)
· STEM CELLS Practice Page (Level C)
· Smoking Remark: Smoke and Die (Level C)
· Obama to fund stem cell research (News)
· PIMP THIS BUM WEBSITE (Level C)
· MODERN ENGLISH Book 3 (OTHERS)
· TENSE VARIATIONS (OTHERS)
· PAY RISE (Level C)
· Japan: Monolingualism of tourist hotels (Level C)
· REGRET as a Verb (Level B)
· Son of Star Wars: Missile Defense (News)
· "Parliament of clowns" (News)
· Doodling and Memory (News)
February, 2009
· Bimbo Gami: Japanese "poverty god" (Level C)
· Reinforcing Topic: Presentation 2 (OTHERS)
· Reinforcing Topic: Presentation (OTHERS)
· Throwing away a Throwaway Society (Level C)
· ADVERTISEMENT 2 (TOEIC)
· Giving a Presentation (Level C)
· TOEIC: Advertisement 2 (TOEIC)
· Video Games are Educational (News)
· New York Post Says SORRY (News)
· Holder: US A Nation of Cowards (News)
· To Be Waited on Hand and Foot by Someone (Level C)
· Thief Caught at Age 83 (News)
· Pre-Employment Screening on the Internet (OTHERS)
· The Correct Usages of During and While (Level B)
· The Correct Use of TOO (Level B)
· Making an Alibi (Level C)
· NHK Radio Activity Page (Level B)
· Modern English Book3 (Level B)
· COHABITATION (Level C)
· Wrong Pronouns Part 1 (Level B)
· Valentine's Day, or Love is in the Air (News)
· Afraid to do and Afraid of doing (Level A)
· Grammar in Use: Distributives (Level B)
· 10 places to steal a kiss for Valentine's Day (OTHERS)
· New Word in English: Wannabe (Level C)
· New Girl In Town: RECESSIONISTAS (Level C)
· The Language of Sarcasm (Level C)
· Grammar in Usage: -ing Phrases (Level B)
· Bura-Hara: Blood-Type Harassment (Level C)
· Octuplets' mother has 6 other children (News)
January, 2009
· BUSINESS PEOPLE AND BUSINESS LEADER (OTHERS)
· MODERN ENGLISH - Should for Advice (OTHERS)
· FACE UP TO PHRASALS: Mess About (Level C)
· Adjective or Adverb (Level B)
· TOEIC SAMPLE LISTENING TEST (TOEIC)
· 4 Lessons in Practical Happiness (Level C)
· Today, Seniors Live Independently (News)
· Business News: Sony's first loss in 14 years (OTHERS)
· Obama signs order reversing abortion-funds policy (News)
· EITHER/ NEITHER/ BOTH versus ANY/ NONE/ ALL (Level B)
· Odd News: You Can't Fire Me, I'm Drunk (News)
· Inauguration Speech: 'Better be good' (News)
· INDIRECT QUESTIONS (Level B)
· Paying the bill (Level B)
· Finger length may predict financial success (News)
· BEING A MANAGER (OTHERS)
· Practice Page: WORK OUT (Level B)
· The Versatility of WORK OUT (Level B)
· An Eye for an Eye Makes the World Blind (Level C)
· BBC New Words in English: 24/7 (Level C)
· OBAMA LEAVES HOME (News)
· BBC NEWS: Arabic T-shirt payout (News)
· TOEIC ERROR RECOGNITION (TOEIC)
· Celebrating with Pyrotechnics (Level C)
· 2009: Tips for Surviving the Downturn (OTHERS)
· Too sick to work? Need health care? (News)
December, 2008
· Google to Stop Map Image Service (News)
· 2008 in REVIEW (Level C)
· WELCOME PAGE (Home)
· ONOMATOPOEIC WORDS FOR BEGINNERS (Level B)
· Top 10 New Year's Resolutions (Level C)
· Practice Page: Career (OTHERS)
· NEWS: Man Dies After Party (News)
· Modern English: Book2 - Lesson 6-2 (Level B)
· Business Vocabulary Building: CAREER (OTHERS)
· Difference between AGREE ON and AGREE WITH (Level B)
· 3. “WOULD YOU LIKE TO ...?” (Level A)
· Important Part of a Sentence: Direct Object (Level B)
· Estonia to vote by mobile phone in 2011 (News)
· INCREASE MORAL AMONG JAPANESE YOUTH (Level C)
· Update Your English: Pre-owned (Level C)
· Chinese Exports Fall (News)
· ADVERBIALS OF PLACE (Level A)
· As Such and Such As (Level A)
· SPEED Dating (Level C)
· TOEIC: E-MAIL MESSAGE (Level B)
· TOEIC: ADVERTISEMENT (Level B)
· Difference Between "SUCH AS" and "AS SUCH" (Level B)
· MODERN ENGLISH (Level B)
· TOEIC: Advertisement and E-mail Message (TOEIC)
· TAG QUESTION (Level A)
· PRANKSTER (Level C)
· Visions in the Next Ten Years (Level C)
· Bush sorry economic crisis has cut jobs (News)
· AM I BORING OR BORED? (Level A)
· Japan PM Aso criticises again (News)
November, 2008
· Decision Making: Take Your Pick (Level C)
· Practice Page: Pain (OTHERS)
· HOTEL CHECK IN (Level B)
· If You're Sad, Watch TV! (Level C)
· Pain is Partly in Your Mind (OTHERS)
· `The Terminal 2'? Japanese man makes airport home (News)
· NOT GOOD AND NO GOOD (Level A)
· Special Days (Level C)
· PERFECT TENSE: FOR versus SINCE (Level A)
· Japanese can't agree over national anthem (Level C)
· 'Meh': Apathetic expression enters dictionary (Level C)
· Practice Page: Impulse Buyer (Level C)
· English Expression: It slips my mind. (Level C)
· Are You an Impulse Buyer? (OTHERS)
· Unhappy People Watch Lots More TV (Level C)
· How Should I Put This? (Level C)
· BAD COMMENT (News)
· The Most Productive Day of the Workweek (OTHERS)
· Explanation and Practice Page: NEED TO and NEED -ING (Level A)
· Grammar: Need to and Needs-ing (Level A)
· Favoritism (Level C)
· US election reaction (News)
· WINTER BONUS (Level C)
· TRAVEL ACTIVITY: Wine Tourism (OTHERS)
· KIDS We Have a Problem (OTHERS)
· Alternative Beliefs (Level C)
· Japan's Obama town set to party for U.S. namesake (News)
· Sweet Talking (OTHERS)
October, 2008
· Literary Reading: You are a powerful man (Level C)
· JOURNALING: One way to handle crisis stress (Level C)
· TOEIC: Reading Comprehension (TOEIC)
· ALTER EGO (Level C)
· Japan media berate PM Aso for lavish social life (News)
· Tantalizing Tantalus (Level C)
· So....Such...that... (Level A)
· India chases China to moon with unmanned mission (Level C)
· White Lady (ghost) (Level C)
· Credit conditions improve for sixth straight day (Level C)
· Eiffel Tower cuts twinkling time to save energy (News)
· Mermaid (Level B)
· Had Better (Level B)
· Marriage training in Saudi Arabia (News)
· Explanation: UNLESS and AS LONG AS (Level A)
· UNLESS Versus AS LONG AS (Level A)
· Many workers do not respect their bosses (Level C)
· Update your English Vocabulary: Downsize (Level C)
· Human Resources Basic Terms (OTHERS)
· Downturn stirs Japan suicide fears (News)
· The relationship between fear and respect (Level C)
· Funky Phrasal: Taking Over (Level C)
· Has gone to vs. Has been to (Level A)
· Good Value For Money (OTHERS)
· Practice page: Obesity (Level C)
· Paying for gyms for obese children (News)
· Difference between the word 'dedicated' and 'devoted' (Level C)
· Practice Page: TOEIC (TOEIC)
September, 2008
· Nations fear English language dominance on Net (Level C)
· TOEIC TOPIC: Reading Memo (TOEIC)
· Jumping to the wrong conclusion (Level C)
· New Word in English: NEWBIE (Level C)
· URBAN LEGEND (Level C)
· Are You Clueless When It Comes to Clueless? (Level C)
· Iranian president blames US for market collapse (News)
· Indians have outdone Chinese in English proficiency (News)
· Most Mispronounced Word in the English Language (Level C)
· Bite off more than you can chew (Level C)
· World's shortest man, leggiest woman meet (News)
· Practice Page: Bank Terms (OTHERS)
· Bid to ban "extremist" U.S. cartoon By Chris Baldwin (News)
· Push the Limit (Level C)
· Mom allegedly uses daughter's ID to be cheerleader (News)
· Setting Goals: SMART (Level C)
· TRAVEL TOPIC: Hitchhiking (OTHERS)
· Is Chivalry Outdated? (Level C)
· Japan PM parting shot T-shirt a hit (News)